A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 53 km NNW of Laiwui, Indonesia (33 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.46 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 14:02:23 / 2:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/01/19 / 2019-01-05 05:02:23 / January 5, 2019 @ 5:02 am. Exact location of event, longitude 127.4852 East, latitude -0.9067 South, depth = 18.46 km. Id of earthquake: us2000j7q9. Event ids that are associated: us2000j7q9.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 53 km NNW of Laiwui, Indonesia.
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